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At least 19 colleges, including several from the power five conferences, plan to shift their digital rights to Sidearm Sports, the technology company owned by Learfield Sports.
Learfield clients Indiana, Texas A&M and Louisvil...

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IMG Golf, looking to fortify its North America practice, is on the verge of acquiring Icon Sports Management, a firm whose athletes include Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson. The acquisition, industry sources say, will trigger a restructuring of leadership within IMG’s golf division in the U.S. ...

Tim Pernetti’s yearning to get back into college athletics has landed him at IMG College.
The former Rutgers athletic director, who parted ways with his alma mater in 2013, will oversee IMG College’s multimedia business, which includes the rights to more than 90 colleges and conferenc ...

IMG College is putting former Rutgers AD TIM PERNETTI in charge of its multimedia business, which includes the rights to more than 90 colleges and conferences. Pernetti, who resigned from Rutgers in April '13, will be President of Multimedia at IMG College. He will report to both IMG College Presi ...

The newly realigned Big East Conference has launched its first brand campaign with applications for TV, digital and in-venue.
Six different 15-second spots began airing this month on Fox and Fox Sports 1 during broadcasts of Big East basketball, which is in its second season of competition in its ...

Editor’s note: This story was revised from the print edition.
The College Football Playoff is under pressure on two fronts to adjust future schedules for its semifinals and championship games, sources say, but the CFP is standing firm on its original dates.
On one of those fronts, to ...

Hospitality packages for the College Football Playoff’s inaugural championship game didn’t quite sell out, but sales were brisk enough that the CFP is already booking business for the 2016 game.
The CFP took a somewhat unique approach to selling hospitality packages for its first game ...

William Morris Endeavor took another step toward integrating IMG into its operation at its annual retreat, which featured appearances by Bill Clinton, Les Moonves and WME client Lady Gaga.
The four-day event in Carlsbad, Calif., is something WME has done in the past, but it offered a different tw ...

WME-IMG has acquired Global eSports Management, an int'l full-service eSports talent agency that manages clients across the pro gaming industry. WME-IMG will now represent eSports players who compete at the highest levels globally. GEM was founded in '13 and reps some of the biggest personalities i ...

Two hours before the inaugural College Football Playoff championship game, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger strode through an AT&T Stadium tunnel onto the field. He was flanked by NBA all-star Chris Paul and ESPN President John Skipper.
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was standing 20 yards a ...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shared some of her best leadership secrets with a group of 80 athletic directors last week in Dallas at the inaugural College Football Playoff.
Condoleezza Rice spoke on “Leadership ...